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Facebook Er Skrotning af Tusindvis af ‘Indstillinger for Målretning”, Der Kan Bruges til Ad Diskrimination
Foto: Getty Facebook har en kontroversiel historie, når det kommer til tilskyndelse diskriminerende annonce praksis på sin platform. Men efter en litani af undersøgelser, en masse dårlig presse, og de fleste for nylig, en officiel klage fra det AMERIKANSKE Department of Housing and Urban Development, Facebook forsøger at rydde op i sit rod. Tirsdag, den…
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Colombia Er at Teste Droner for at Slippe Herbicid på Afgrøder, der Anvendes til Kokain
Foto: AP Under nyvalgte Præsident Ivan Duque, Colombia tester fjernstyrede droner er designet til at spore og ødelægge coca, den afgrøde, der anvendes i kokain-produktion. Regeringen har efter sigende testet ti droner så langt. Droner bære nyttelast af glyphosat, en kraftfuld herbicid. I de tidlige tests, de har ødelagt “hundredvis af hektar med koka,” the…
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OK Fint, Måske Nintendo ‘ s om til Noget Med Nintendo Labo Køretøj Kit
Foto: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) Jeg har fået at indrømme, på trods af at eje en lancering dag Nintendo Skifte og flere spil til den, end jeg har haft tid til at slå, når de to første Labo kits kom ud i tidligere i år i Maj, jeg sprunget over dem som en varm lort på…
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‘Spooky’ Quantum Entanglement Er Bekræftet Ved Brug Af Fjerne Kvasarer
En quasarImage: NASA Hvis du læser nok science news, vil du vide, at der er en lang liste af eksperimenter, der forsøger at “bevise Einsteins forkert.” Ingen har endnu modsagt hans kendetegn relativitetsteori. Men den seneste indsats for at forfalske hans udtalelser omkring “spooky action på afstand” er gået virkelig kosmisk. Forskere har længe udførte…
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What Will Quantum Computer Games Be Like?
Screenshot from Decodoku, a game about quantum error correction. The numbers spawn faster than a user can clean them up, much like errors from the environment can overwhelm a quantum computer.Screenshot: James Wootton So, what can’t a regular computer do? Computer scientists are still figuring that out. Computers are just systems that simplify problems as…
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Sewage Study Finds American Drug Use May Be Worse Than We Thought
Photo: Atiya (Pixabay) Our sewage reveals a lot more about us than what we ate over the weekend. Scientists at Murray State University in Kentucky have been studying sewer water for the past few years, hoping to pinpoint the level of drug use within local communities. Their latest research, presented this week at the American Chemical…
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We’re Learning More About the Contents of that Mysterious Egyptian Sarcophagus
Inside the sarcophagus, as seen on July 16, 2018.Image: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities Back in July, Egyptian archaeologists dared to open a strange granite sarcophagus, finding three skeletons soaking in an unsightly reddish-brown liquid. Scientists have now completed a preliminary analysis of the coffin’s contents, offering new insights into the tomb’s 2,000-year-old occupants. The granite…
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Netflix Tests New System That Lets It Avoid Paying Apple
Image: Apple/Netflix Netflix is reportedly looking to become the latest tech giant to avoid paying out fees to Apple’s App Store. If you find yourself unable to access your account through the app on your Apple device, you may need to re-signup through a browser. For Apple’s cash cow service, this is bad news. The…
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U.S. Hired Cambridge Analytica’s Parent Company to Undermine Terrorist Recruiters Online
Screenshot: Center for Public Integrity Among other objectives, SCL Group was tasked with conducting interviews with recruiters and propagandists for ISIS (which is also known as Da’esh), as well as “people who are representative of potential Da’esh recruits in various countries,” including those in Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East/North Africa region.…
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Facebook Pushes Back on Reporting About its User Trust Ranking
Photo: Eric Risberg (AP) As disclosed by the Washington Post this morning, Facebook has been ranking users on their trustworthiness in identifying false information—though in a statement to Gizmodo, the platform distanced itself from implications that trust rank is broadly applicable to all facets of the network. “The idea that we have a centralized ‘reputation’…